Sexmob (also styled Sex Mob) is an American

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band based in New York City that formed as a

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vehicle for Steven Bernstein to exercise his

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. Sexmob's sets feature a high proportion of covers, usually familiar pop songs, which are given a humorous but avant-garde treatment. Bernstein points out that this is a return to a fundamental jazz tradition to take a familiar song and then disassemble and reassemble it.

Discography

* ''Din of Inequity'' (

, 1998) * ''Solid Sender'' (Knitting Factory, 2000) * ''Theatre & Dance'' (2000) * ''Sex Mob Does Bond'' ( Ropeadope, 2001) * ''Dime Grind Palace'' (Ropeadope, 2003) * ''Sexotica'' (

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, 2006) * ''Sexmob meets Medeski Live in Willisau 2006'' (Thirsty Ear, 2009) * ''Sexmob Plays Fellini: Cinema, Circus & Spaghetti, the Music of Nino Rota'' (2013) * ''Cultural Capital'' (2017)

References

External links

Steven Bernstein's Sexmob page
Avant-garde jazz ensembles Thirsty Ear Recordings artists Ropeadope Records artists Knitting Factory Records artists American jazz ensembles from New York City {{US-jazz-band-stub